OSV Malicious Advisory
scanned 2h ago · by OpenSSF/OSVOpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-6934 confirms this npm version as malicious. Package name resembles the Nuxt ecosystem's helper naming ('load-nuxt') and is published at version 99.0.3, a version-number shape frequently used in name-confusion/dependency-confusion publishes rather than in normal semver progression...
Advisory
MAL-2026-6934
Source
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in load-nuxt (npm)
Details
Package name resembles the Nuxt ecosystem's helper naming ('load-nuxt') and is published at version 99.0.3, a version-number shape frequently used in name-confusion/dependency-confusion publishes rather than in normal semver progression. No install-time exfiltration, remote code fetch-and-execute, silent-relay, credential distribution, or backdoor mechanism was identified in the scanned contents, and no lifecycle scripts or suspicious network destinations were observed. Because both the name-similarity signal (subjective) and the anomalous version bump exist without a corroborated payload, the correct handling is human review of the maintainer, publish history, and package contents before recommending trust.
## Source: ghsa-malware (51e475d9543882ebee30bfa4afcd420b0f31aa8fba019b419eefa59c1fa9bcdf) Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.
Decision reason
No blocking static signals were detected.
References
Decision evidence
public snapshotBehavioral surface
NoLicense
Source & flagged code
0 flaggedNo flagged code excerpts are attached to this scan.
Findings
1 Low
LowNo License